صفصاف

Arabic

صَفْصَافَة

Alternative forms

• صِرْصَاف (ṣirṣāf) — al-Andalus

Etymology

From the root ص ف ف (ṣ-f-f) meaning to be in rows, to grow parallel, possibly in reference to the branch shape. Alternatively, from this sense of being side by side there is also the meaning to gather together at water, as willows are prone to do. There is potentially also a connection to the onomatopoeic sense of whistling, to rustle, perhaps semantically related to "weeping" in English weeping willow. Cognate to Hebrew צַפְצָפָה (ṣap̄ṣāp̄á, “willow; vines or dangling vine-like branches”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaf.sˤaːf/

Noun

صَفْصَاف • (ṣafṣāf) m (collective, singulative صَفْصَافَة f (ṣafṣāfa), plural صَفَاصِف (ṣafāṣif))

1. willow (Salix gen. et spp.)

   Synonyms: خِلَاف (ḵilāf), غَرَب (ḡarab)

Declension

Declension of noun صَفْصَاف (ṣafṣāf)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفْصَاف ṣafṣāf	الصَّفْصَاف aṣ-ṣafṣāf	صَفْصَاف ṣafṣāf
Nominative	صَفْصَافٌ ṣafṣāfun	الصَّفْصَافُ aṣ-ṣafṣāfu	صَفْصَافُ ṣafṣāfu
Accusative	صَفْصَافًا ṣafṣāfan	الصَّفْصَافَ aṣ-ṣafṣāfa	صَفْصَافَ ṣafṣāfa
Genitive	صَفْصَافٍ ṣafṣāfin	الصَّفْصَافِ aṣ-ṣafṣāfi	صَفْصَافِ ṣafṣāfi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفْصَافَة ṣafṣāfa	الصَّفْصَافَة aṣ-ṣafṣāfa	صَفْصَافَة ṣafṣāfat
Nominative	صَفْصَافَةٌ ṣafṣāfatun	الصَّفْصَافَةُ aṣ-ṣafṣāfatu	صَفْصَافَةُ ṣafṣāfatu
Accusative	صَفْصَافَةً ṣafṣāfatan	الصَّفْصَافَةَ aṣ-ṣafṣāfata	صَفْصَافَةَ ṣafṣāfata
Genitive	صَفْصَافَةٍ ṣafṣāfatin	الصَّفْصَافَةِ aṣ-ṣafṣāfati	صَفْصَافَةِ ṣafṣāfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفْصَافَتَيْن ṣafṣāfatayn	الصَّفْصَافَتَيْن aṣ-ṣafṣāfatayn	صَفْصَافَتَيْ ṣafṣāfatay
Nominative	صَفْصَافَتَانِ ṣafṣāfatāni	الصَّفْصَافَتَانِ aṣ-ṣafṣāfatāni	صَفْصَافَتَا ṣafṣāfatā
Accusative	صَفْصَافَتَيْنِ ṣafṣāfatayni	الصَّفْصَافَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣafṣāfatayni	صَفْصَافَتَيْ ṣafṣāfatay
Genitive	صَفْصَافَتَيْنِ ṣafṣāfatayni	الصَّفْصَافَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣafṣāfatayni	صَفْصَافَتَيْ ṣafṣāfatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفْصَافَات ṣafṣāfāt	الصَّفْصَافَات aṣ-ṣafṣāfāt	صَفْصَافَات ṣafṣāfāt
Nominative	صَفْصَافَاتٌ ṣafṣāfātun	الصَّفْصَافَاتُ aṣ-ṣafṣāfātu	صَفْصَافَاتُ ṣafṣāfātu
Accusative	صَفْصَافَاتٍ ṣafṣāfātin	الصَّفْصَافَاتِ aṣ-ṣafṣāfāti	صَفْصَافَاتِ ṣafṣāfāti
Genitive	صَفْصَافَاتٍ ṣafṣāfātin	الصَّفْصَافَاتِ aṣ-ṣafṣāfāti	صَفْصَافَاتِ ṣafṣāfāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفَاصِف ṣafāṣif	الصَّفَاصِف aṣ-ṣafāṣif	صَفَاصِف ṣafāṣif
Nominative	صَفَاصِفُ ṣafāṣifu	الصَّفَاصِفُ aṣ-ṣafāṣifu	صَفَاصِفُ ṣafāṣifu
Accusative	صَفَاصِفَ ṣafāṣifa	الصَّفَاصِفَ aṣ-ṣafāṣifa	صَفَاصِفَ ṣafāṣifa
Genitive	صَفَاصِفَ ṣafāṣifa	الصَّفَاصِفِ aṣ-ṣafāṣifi	صَفَاصِفِ ṣafāṣifi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “صفصاف”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 827
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• Freytag, Georg (1833) “صفصاف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 505
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 300–301
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[5] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 322–340
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صفصاف”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 717